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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1952
Page
1
Ruth Wallace won the cotton queen title at a dance attended by about 500 people. Phyllis Roark placed second in the cotton queen race with Margie Robinson and Roma Boggs among the other candidates.
United Press reports a southern campaign push to solidify the Democratic base for Adlai Stevenson. Officials note a speaker shortage in the region and rising efforts by Georgia figures Senator Richard Russell and Senator Walter George to aid the ticket. Eisenhower faces a heavy Democratic voting bloc in the South despite expected gains.
Two Lovington fire trucks were sent to a McAlester Fuel Co. well at Denton Pool yesterday morning to extinguish a fire in a battery of well tanks. No injuries were reported. A second truck arrived after the first. One tank exploded according to witnesses.
A public minded citizen offers to drill a well free of charge but funds are needed to buy a pump for the cemetery irrigation system. Donations are requested at City Hall or by mailing to the City Clerk, post office box 265.
Indianola Mississippi John Hough complained to the city council that his tax assessment was too low. He had delayed opening his cotton gin due to a summer drought but later decided to operate as prospects improved and sought higher taxes.
Mr and Mrs Jay M. 2 of Lovington welcomed a daughter named Daphne Faye born Friday October 24 1952 at Lea General hospital Hobbs. The baby weighed six pounds 11 ounces at birth and the father serves as editor of the Lovington Leader.
Joe Bill Brininstool of Jal was recently initiated into Theta Kappa Phi at the University of Oklahoma. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Brininstool of Box 249 Jal and a sophomore in the School of Petroleum Engineering.
Cpl Leck A Jones of Jal New Mexico son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Jones has helped test a new Army air fuel heater for field shelters in Korea He arrived October 1951 and joined the Army November 1950 He studied at University of New Mexico before enlistment
The Lovington Cotton Festival auctioned two bales of cotton with Western Cotton Oil Co taking the first bale at one dollar per pound. Hillburn Gin bought the second bale for 1.10 per pound. J. C. Stegal owned the first bale, and Hugh Webb, west of McDonald, raised the second.
The Lovington Lions Club met at the Llano Hotel with guest speaker Bill Shelton detailing a Parkview addition housing project of 92 homes. By month end, 50 homes are sold while 42 will be rented by Lovington Homes Inc. Frank Coffman joined as a new member and Dorman Brookey attended as guest.
Moses Brown, 80, a retired farmer from Laurel Kentucky, fathered 19 children and left 81 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren, bringing his total descendants to 123.
Funeral services for William Elbert Smith 46 seismograph recorder were held Monday at First Baptist Ta tum. Rev Fullingem and Rev Bickley officiated with burial in Tatum cemetery. Survivors include wife Carrie Belle of Hobbs and three brothers. Accident details note his car struck a truck trailer on U S Highway 380 near Tatum. he died instantly.
Guthmann editor publisher of the Springer Tribune campaigned for Congress in Lovington and Hobbs on Friday. The candidate, from Lea rd Guthmann of Springer, focused on local issues during the visit.
A Halloween dance for youths will be held at the Youth Center on Friday night. The event invites area teens to attend in costume and enjoy music and light refreshments at the community venue.
Funeral services for Eloise Finn killed in a Saturday night automobile collision will be held at 4 p.m. in Hobbs First Methodist Church with Rev. C. E. Jameson officiating. Interment follows in Lubbock East Lawn Cemetery after services in St. John's Methodist Church.
Final rites for Toomy Betenbough were held October 27 1952 at the Methodist Church in Tatum. The 63 year old oilman died October 25 from injuries suffered in a car crash on the Tatum Portales Highway. Survivors include his wife Lena two sons Wayne and Ronald. He lived in Tatum the past years and previously near Crossroads. the Betenbough oil field was named after him. He settled in Lea County in the early 1900s.
Open to all men of the area a large crowd is expected at the New Mexico chapter of the Amer fal meeting of the Southeastern ican Petroleum Institute in Hobbs tonight. H. H. Kaveler assistant manager of the Phillips Petroleum Co production department will be the chief speaker at the meeting beginning at 6 30 p m in Veterans of Foreign Wars hall 1800 North Turner Hobbs A barbecue dinner will follow Kaveler s talk.
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